LAST EDITED ON 04-23-13 AT 10:39 PM (EST)

In the Dream Team preview of this challenge when someone loses they have to sit on their platform. No one is sitting on the Red/Pink platform in the preview but maybe they changed the procedure and you go sit somewhere else.

Looks more like a staged shot to me than from the challenge; however definitely NOT from the Dream Team preview because the person holding Blue is out BEFORE the person holding Red/Pink.

Edited to Add: Ah like you said there are NO flags in the background during the Dream Team practice.

LAST EDITED ON 04-20-13 AT 08:23 PM (EST)

Looking at this pic:

We see that the second pole to the left isn't as low as the others so purple (Cochran) had the advantage of moving up a few knots on the rope.

Which is exactly how Stamina wins out over Strength. (Even if it is a purchased advantage.)
Go Cochran!

Actually, physics wins over stamina and strength!

(and Cochran surely purchased the physics advantage at the RC auction.)

I am trying to reconsile this with Sherri feeding Cochran at Auction after he has clearly moved position. Have they dropped the no sharing rule this season? Can they combine remaining funds? Are they allowed to purchase from each other?

Dabo, not sure about the official rules this season, but I read the Sherri vidcaps as she's letting Cochran lick her finger (gross!) vs. actually sharing, so that might be allowed. And it makes for great TV and Jeff's quip.

I figured Cochran would be smart enough to buy the challenge advantage, and Eddie/Reynolds would be too dumb, but I really thought Malcolm would also be strategic enough to realize this is his last chance, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out or if there's even a battle for the advantage. The majority alliance just needs to keep those 3 from winning, so perhaps Cochran is the hero in this episode in many ways. Certainly the press photos show a lot of love being thrown his way.

I'm still thinking the foreign object in Reynold's buff is not a bandage but possibly a clue for the HII. I'm thinking that if a clue were offered, it might have come before the challenge advantage and Reynold went for it. With no auction in Survivor: South Pacific, we haven't seen Cochran's auction strategies, but as a student of the game I could see him risking ending with an empty belly and $500 for a chance for a big reward at the end. In this case, the reward is HUGE...looking at the vid caps, his knots were tied much higher on the rope allowing him to use less effort to keep the pole aloft. Even bigger than Cochran actually winning II for a second time, is the fact that by keeping the Bros from winning II, barring any rogue actions from within his alliance, it virtually certain one of the Bros is going home.

I know that you all know all of this already, but you can clearly see in the vidcap above that Cochran's pole is not at the same angle as all of the others. He clearly has the advantage from the Auction. Everyone else's pole is farther back, and harder to hold.

http://www.survivorfever.com/vc_s26_ep11_pip.html

Announcer: Wednesday on CBS, it's strength versus stamina. Don't miss a new Survivor.

http://www.survivorfever.net/vc_s26_wp_ep11.html

Announcer: Wednesday, The Three Amigos seem unbeatable...

Brenda (camera confessional): It's terrifying what these boys are capable of.

Announcer: ...versus the Alliance of Six.

Malcolm (camera confessional): I knew one or two are gonna come of the dark side with the three amigos.

Sherri (camera confessional): Neither side realize, I'm the one calling the shots.

Announcer: Can the majority hang on...

Cochran (camera confessional): I am the biggest challenge threat.

Announcer: ...in a game of strength...

Dawn (during Immunity Challenge): This is hard!

Announcer: ...and stamina.

Jeff Probst (at Tribal Council): How concerned are you that somebody might be flipping tonight?

In the picture of Reynold with all the vegetation in the background ... Is he holding another hidden immunity necklace? He looks really happy for a dead man walking.

promo

episode 5

located at http://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/survivor-caramoanepisode-5-recap-featuring-jill-behm/

>In the picture of Reynold with
>all the vegetation in the
>background ... Is he holding
>another hidden immunity necklace? He
>looks really happy for a
>dead man walking.

Look at his left hand. I think that celebration is because he found another HII with the help of a clue purchased at the auction.

chemig521 wrote:

>Look at his left hand.
>I think that celebration is because he found another HII
>with the help of a clue purchased at the auction.

Huh? Dabo posted that photo above from Episode 5 showing that this is recycled footage of Reynold finding the HII from Episode 5.

Also, if they keep to the recent trend for Food Auctions there will be an item that is an Advantage in the next Immunity Challenge not a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol.

Another clue: Look at the lack of facial hair on Reynold in these pics.

Completely agree, his beard at the auction is darker/fuller. This pictures if pre-merge.

Obviously Sherri, Dawn, Andrea, Erik and Eddie don't have the necklace. We can't be certain that Reynold and Malcolm don't have it but it doesn't seem that way. Cochran and Brenda could be wearing the necklace.

LAST EDITED ON 04-23-13 AT 08:59 AM (EST)

Flo Po pointed out the angle of the poles at the challenge. If you compare hand holds on the ropes in the bid caps, you can see that Dawn and the others have about 6" of rope under the last knot. When you look at the shots of Cochran, the rope is so long under the last knot that it extends out of the picture. With that kind of advantage it would be hard for Cochran to lose the challenge.
Interesting thought, dabo, on Sherrie having a HII. I really think Reynold finds one, so they could both have been re-hidden and found, or it could just be Sherrie seeing herself as the swing vote -- the one calling the shots as to which faction takes control. Reynold's pitch ("if we have Erik and we had you") makes it sound like Erik is the 4th Amigo and she would be the one to break the 4-4 tie. This seems to fit the quote more than the HII since she isn't enough of a threat to be high on either side's boot list at the moment and would only be able to get her as far as F-4.

Just wanted to point out that we have seen tons of idols hidden this season but not a single clue. I really don't think there will be a clue offered at the auction. How would it read anyway: "Look around and you will find it"

Sherri (camera confessional): Neither side realize, I'm the one calling the shots.

Just speculating here, but it occurs to me that Sherri finds a hidden immunity idol.

Challenge Promo - Episode 11
Date: 4.22.13

http://www.survivorfever.net/vc_s26_challenge_ep11.html

Transcript:

John Kirhoffer (Survivor Challenges Producer): Here's how this plays, this is called "Drop a Log". The way this challenge plays is, each one of these logs is proportional to the contestant's weight. Every five minutes, Jeff will say, "Next knot." When you let go you're going to be smashing your face, not your face but you will be smashing the ceramic face. Then you'll probably fall backwards or just let go and then you're out of the challenge. The log gets heavier and heavier and heavier. When you get down to the last one (last knot), you'll be holding onto to just a little bit of rope with one hand. The last person holding their log wins the challenge. We learned that women have a chance to win as much as the men.

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We learned that women have a chance to win as much as the men.

So that means, I guess, a Cockroach also has a chance.

Thanks, Sheldor, for bringing that over.